Meet the little orange men of Switzerland

Crossing the roads can be a peculiarity in itself! Join Diccon Bewes on the streets of Bern and marvel at the oddities of the Swiss traffic light system. (Diccon Bewes for swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on August 12, 2017 - 11:00

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Diccon Bewes

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